I finished my tour on Wednesday back in Missoula. 1,015 miles. Pebs ended up having knee issues and not doing much riding. Basically one day. She drove and met me at the campgrounds. I rode with all of my gear still though. I ran into a friend at Bannack State Park who was biking to Darby so I turned around and did 2 extra days back to Darby. Pebs then drove me back to Bannack to pick up the route. We spent 4 days at Signal Mountain Campground in Grand Teton National Park and did day rides out of there both north and south. Spent a week in West Yellowstone and did day/overnight rides out of there all over Yellowstone National Park. Not all of them are listed but the miles are included.
I took Gibbons Pass Road between Wisdom and Darby both times I headed north. The first time I was with my friend and blew the sidewall out of my rear tire after hitting a rock. We shimmed it with a dollar bill and made it into Darby without any issues. The second time I was alone and took it a lot slower. Pebs rental wouldn't make the drive. I ride on GatorSkins and I'd highly recommend Gibbons Pass for any East ---> West TransAm riders. I wouldn't take it going West ---> East as the climb might be too much. I wouldn't do it alone though. That was stupid of me. I had to go to Missoula to get a new bike tire. I called the bike shop in Hamilton and the first thing the lady asked me was "are you on tour?" and when I said "yes" she quoted me a price of $65 for my GatorSkin. It was $40 at REI in Missoula. I wonder how much she'd charged me if I wasn't on tour?
Also took Old Darby Rd between Darby and Hamilton going north. The road is completely wash-boarded and in rough shape. It's also really hilly compared to US 93. I wouldn't recommend this currently until it gets grated.
Originally I had planned to take Teton Pass into Idaho and bike through Driggs and Ashton back to West Yellowstone but a storm forced me to turn around and head back through Yellowstone instead.
On the way back to Wisdom from Twin Bridges I took the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway to Polaris and then through Wise River back to Wisdom. The route was beautiful but extremely hilly. Very little traffic and a lot of campgrounds along the way. I'd definitely do it again.
1. Missoula ---> Darby
2. Darby ---> Wisdom via Lost Trail/Chief Joseph Passes
3. Wisdom ---> Bannack State Park
4. Bannack State Park ---> Wisdom
5. Wisdom ---> Darby via Gibbons Pass
Jump back to Bannack State Park
6. Bannack State Park ---> Twin Bridges
7. Twin Bridges ---> Earthquake Lake
8. Earthquake Lake ---> Grant Village
9. Grant Village ---> Signal Mountain
10. Signal Mountain ---> Grant Village
11. Grant Village ---> West Yellowstone
12. West Yellowstone ---> Canyon Village
13. Canyon Village ---> West Yellowstone
14. West Yellowstone ---> Gardiner
15. Gardiner ---> West Yellowstone
16. West Yellowstone ---> Earthquake Lake
17. Earthquake Lake ---> Virginia City
18. Virginia City ---> Twin Bridges
19. Twin Bridges ---> Polaris
20. Polaris ---> Wisdom
21. Wisdom ---> Darby via Gibbons Pass
22. Darby ---> Missoula
Well that's a lot so sorry for the long post. I'm sure I left some stuff out. Happy to answer any questions anyone has!
